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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Commitment to Leadership
family-run business. "HBS exists because of the generosity of families who have come before us, and it will continue to thrive because of our commitment and support. Together... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
result of the early 1970s stock market decline. "Mary and the boys hardly saw me because we were trying to survive as a company," recalls James, noting that at one point he sold part of his coin collection to keep the View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
When Kwame Owusu-Kesse (MBA/MPP 2012) was in his last year of graduate school, he got a call from Geoffrey Canada, founder and CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), a nonprofit that takes a comprehensive, cradle-to-career approach to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
all the involved constituencies, with victims' families first and foremost, Whitehead says. "We will try to meld all those views together into a plan for the memorial site," he explains. "Some of the 25... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
at HBS.” Three significant achievements should be added to those mentioned in the March article: For eighteen months, between late 1950 and early 1952, Bob and his family lived... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
all-consuming. He makes time for family and outside pursuits. As his three children grew, he coached his daughters’ soccer teams and attended his son’s recitals. View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
Things may not have looked this bleak for African Americans in a long time, but at the First Baptist Church of Riverhead in eastern Long Island, which serves many of the area's black families -- including Daniels's own -- you'd never know... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
William Jones: Builder with a Mission
At an early age, William D. Jones (MBA '89) learned about the fragility of a stable urban community. From their home in the Skyline Hills section of San Diego, he and his family watched their neighborhood... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Karen Gordon Mills
Early every Tuesday morning, Karen Gordon Mills leaves her house in Brunswick, Maine, and embarks on her weekly commute to Manhattan. She spends the next several days immersed in her work as managing director of a new private-equity firm,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
appointment book—it was largely empty. Like Buffett, Spier’s investing approach is iconoclastic. He moved his family to Zurich to escape the Wall Street Sturm und Drang. His theories on economic behavior are pulled not from economists but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
Mahesh, as a member of the fourth generation and recipient of an engineering degree from Stanford, cites the importance of remaining true to the family culture while bringing something new to the table.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
It's sad but true: Design Research, the Wursthaus, Elsie's, and a score of other local businesses once patronized by members of the Class of 1977 have long since closed their doors. But those who venture across the river during this... View Details
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
I couldn't get out of my mind. And one thing led to another, and I'm good friends with the two gentleman that owned him and that bought him at... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
shared the challenges of starting a family while starting a company. “Having a baby and doing your startup at the same time is really much harder for women,” says Garg, who had a baby after IVF treatment,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
Death Star,’” recalls Crespin, the founder of CollaborateUp, a consulting firm that specializes in tackling big societal problems and bridging difficult, cross-sector relationships. He adds, “The environmental people had their arms... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 27 Mar 2023
- News
A Sporting Chance
it is now known, assists 1,500 people a year, with a budget of over 1 million and six full-time employees. Balancing his work life, nonprofit life, and family life (Perez de... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Home Grown
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes With InMobi and now Glance, Naveen Tewari (MBA 2005) is at the forefront of a growing trend of global consumer technology companies created in Asia from the ground up. Growing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
from friends on your outfit. It should remind you to bring your gym clothes. It should suggest clothes to purchase based on your style—or maybe on what your favorite celebrities are wearing. And it should... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Two days before Thanksgiving 2002, the 4th graders of Irving Primary in Peoria, Illinois, gathered in the school's gym for an assembly. The students were restless, Jen Wilfong (GMP 3, 2007) recalls. They were chatting and jostling one... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
University of Iowa, and his mother taught at a small college in nearby Des Moines. In 1941, Christensen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa, where he met Dorothy Smith, his lifelong inspiration View Details